Health and population. Perspectives and issues · 2009 · 21 citations · 0 references
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Awareness of HIV/AIDS among school-going adolescents and their knowledge and perception about it were assessed in Banaskantha district of Gujarat. The study under the Intensive Rural AIDS Awareness Programme revealed that only 35 per cent of the sample subjects had known the expanded form of the abbreviation HIV/AIDS. Very few of the respondents (20%) knew that females are more vulnerable to infect HIV/AIDS than males. Majority of them had the knowledge with regard to the mode of transmission. A fair number of adolescents (55-65%) were aware of the various methods for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS. The study findings reflect that though a considerable number of adolescents had correct knowledge about HIV/AIDS but they lacked details about the disease which advocates the need of properly formulated awareness campaigns on HIV/AIDS for schools.